Wes of TheRomanticsWB

Wes of TheRomanticsWB

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My name is Wes and I created and run
The Romantics gaming community. I'm a leader, a video content creator
and a producer of multiple products including, a successful live
stream on Twitch and the most highly produced news show related to
Star Citizen known as, The Hull Truth. I've been streaming and
producing video content for well over 2.5 years now and have the
experience and quality set up to give you the best product possible.

If you're anything like me, you're
absolutely sick of the "systems" we're stuck dealing with
in regard to YouTube and Twitch content and really, any gaming
related content. It seems like everyone is doing it solely for the
$$$$ and they all produce the same, annoying and "trendy"
crud. I don't want to be a part of that system. I don't want to wear
stupid hats to get people to watch me. I don't want to advertise all
over the places people like to hang out in with my annoying "Click
Bait" messages. I HATE that stuff.

What I do want to do is make legitimate
content that's made FOR you and not for me to get famous or rich off
of. Sadly, to get popular enough on Twitch and/or YouTube these days,
you typically need to "join the club" to some extent. I
refuse to do so because I hate the model and think it's very
exploitative of people and their time.

So here's ME putting my faith in
YOU, the Honest Joe.
Don't let the internet society engineer who you are like a Replicant.
I want to make legit content that doesn't have to be goofy or over
the top just to get popular.

This is what I'm going to do:

No Ads on YouTube! None.
Ever. (Old content will still have it because it's a pain to remove
it from 270+ videos)

All my Twitch content will be
free of Twitch generated ads.
When I take a bathroom break, you will only see CUSTOM COMMERCIALS
that I created FOR YOU. They will advertise things relevant to this
community like other streamers from our community, a new episode of
Hull Truth or daily news shorts I create. You might see ads for
upcoming community events within Star Citizen, Space Engineers or
one of the many servers we have run for the community. I promise you
they will be relevant and legitimately be more like news that just
updates you about what's going on within the community, Star
Citizen, etc... I will have one advertisement that will also explain
my new goals and some of the things listed here so new folks are
aware of how it all works.

Donations will go to charity! I
hope this won't deter you from donating since I will not be taking
them for myself any longer. Last year I was donated over $6400 in
tips for the Live Stream. I appreciate it greatly but I want to give
that back to worthy charities. Every month you will see the total
donations and the name of the charity it is going to below the live
stream. We want to help others and prove that this community has
more awareness than the average YouTube goer. (If you don't like the
charity, you don't have to donate but they will all be VERY legit
charities. You can also leave a note on the donation if you still
want to make sure that money goes elsewhere for some specific other
purpose and I will honor it)

I will NOT KEEP any Twitch
Subscriptions money! Twitch
has a subscriber feature for partnered channels like mine so that
they can monetize. The problem with that is that Twitch gets HALF,
that's right, 50% of that money. Out of $5 for a sub, I only get
$2.50 minus taxes. What's good about Twitch subs is that it creates
a community atmosphere with a subscriber badge by your name and
custom emotes from my personal channel that you can use in any
stream on Twitch. It also provides a VISUAL cue to people watching
when you sub that creates some enthusiasm around the community and
gets more people involved. Coming into chat for the first time and
seeing tons of subscriber badges means people really like this
streamer and will help a new guy feel like sticking around. Don't
get me wrong, I still want you to subscribe on Twitch. It gets us
higher up the list on Twitch's priorities and also provides a great
community atmosphere. BUT, from now on, I will take ALL subscription
money that comes to me and use it to give stuff back to you. You
will TRUELY be directly supporting the community by subscribing.
Every month you will see a subscription total in the info below the
stream and the prize we are giving away using that money. This will
be done in a big event once a month to reward the community and give
something fun to anticipate. Could be graphics cards, gaming
peripherals, whatever. It will be relevant to how many subscribers
we have.

What this all means
is that the only way I make money is if you back me on Patreon. This
removes the possibility of me taking in money from click bait or
giveaways enticing people to come in and shows that you are putting
your faith and support directly in me. I will in turn deliver rock
solid content that you can count on without the nonsense of the
YouTube or Twitch "scene". Honest gaming. Honest talk.
Honest opinions and Honest content from a real life person that will
always share his experiences with the community.

With $1000 a month on Patreon, I can
make this happen and make the content you want with a no nonsense
attitude, no spammy click bait, NO GOOFY HATS OR PLUSHIES and an
attitude of serving the community instead of taking advantage of it.
With more we can get a lot more done.

Here is HOW I will serve the
community:

On Youtube You Get:

The most
highly produced and to the point news show about Star Citizen FOUR
TIMES a month. Very little re-hashing and focusing on the
important bits. This show takes me about 20 to 25 hours a week to
produce. This is my main content for YouTube and always takes
priority over everything else. I have spent money in my off-time
with the baby, to get some custom stuff created for the show so that
it will remain, the best news show related to Star Citzien, on
YouTube. You can check out previous episodes here -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRJiX7uTHqJ9vwv_CcWTQ5U7aGSisSqhr

Weekly Star Citizen Lore
Readings! This will be
official and sometimes, not official selections. These will be made
available in audio only versions as well to certain levels of
Patreon backers. I have high quality equipment and I can promise you
enjoyable sound quality for your listening pleasure. Getting caught
up on all the rich lore within the Star Citizen universe is a recipe
for enjoying the game in a much deeper fashion when it finally
arrives.

Weekly episodes of Hit or Miss.
Hit or Miss is a series where
I play a game, usually a lesser known game, and just enjoy it. I
will give you my opinions about the game where fitting but the goal
is just to help you discover a few gems you may not have seen before
by playing video games the way they were meant to be played. Put on
your Rose Tinted Glasses and let's just enjoy ourselves without all
the negativity. You can see the four episodes I've already produced
here -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRJiX7uTHqJ_illXMj1m1OV01iTkXpzHL

A new update show about Star
Citizen. The goal will be a
DAILY episode that's
1 to 3 minutes long to update you on extremely current events you
may need to know such as sales or whatever. I guarantee at least 3
episodes a week. Daily is sometimes hard to promise on YouTube
simply because of the finicky uploader and all the time it takes.

There
will be MORE on YouTube! I have several other things
planned/prepared but I need to keep a few secret for now.

On Twitch You Get:

Currently, 4 days a week of me
live streaming video games. I
hope to do more than that as the baby becomes more independent. I am
a full-time stay at home dad right now and it consume 10 to 12 hours
of daylight every day. If I can generate enough via Patreon, my wife
will be able to quit her crummy job and start her own business out
of the house where she can take care of the baby and I can focus on
this job. She will be doing Child Development and Lactation
Consulting as well as Nutritionist roles for families. She is
already registered and does this job currently for the county.

A community focused
environment. My goal on Twitch
has always been to build a community of gamers that can play with
each other in an environment created for adults that have jobs,
families, responsibilities. We don't have time for trolls and
elitists. We don't typically have the time or ability to FIND other
like-minded gamers to play our games with and let's face it, you
rarely find those people at your average 9-5. Come home from a soul
crushing day at the slog depot and join your people in this
community. Our community is a very warm and welcoming place and has
been for over two years now.

Sci-Fi related content. I
love Sci-Fi. I love movies. I still get giddy when I find out about
something like an Alien movie directed by Neil Blomkamp. District 9
is one of my favorite films of all time. I love cinemetography.
Children of Men blew me away. I'm getting goose bumps just typing
this stuff. I grew up reading and reading and reading. I practically
lived in the library across from my school. Now we're in a
generation of all this sci-fi stuff and I love it all. Come and see
the Alien egg room or the Pilot with me on Twitch. The majority of
my gaming content is Sci-Fi related. When Star Citizen gives us
something more than an arena shoot-em-up, that will be our main
game. I am a Star Citizen nut from day one and previous to my
absence due to the newborn, was the #1 Star Citizen stream on Twitch
capping out at around 1700 concurrent viewers. Help me make that
possible again and I will serve the community to my fullest by
employing my old-school love of this kind of thing and wearing my
Rose Tinted glasses on a daily basis.

Twitch town hall meetings. Yes.
This will finally be a thing. The goal will be to have a live chat
at least once a month involving community members. It will most
likely be Star Citizen related with a touch of other Sci-Fi related
or gaming related conversation as well as updates, news and people
features about the community.

In closing,
I will continue to serve this community of amazing people that got me
through the worst 3 years of my life regardless of whether this is
successful or not. I need to make money to pay the bills but it will
never stop me from being a part of and running this community.
Hopefully it is successful because my goal is to do this full time
and be able to even get a few other people on board to help me make
it amazing for everyone else. I really miss the old days of great
communities in games like EQ1, Gemstone, Dragonrealms, SWG (I cry
every time I think about it), and DAOC. The current generation of
anonymous jerks on the web really suck the fun out of anything
online. Let's seclude ourselvs within our own community where we're
not afraid to kick those people to the curb because we're funded from
the inside. The community that has been here for over 2 years now is
amazing and I deeply love you guys for helping me cope and get
through by sharing your similar stories, support and time with me.

Your
Servant in the community,
Wes

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My name is Wes and I created and run
The Romantics gaming community. I'm a leader, a video content creator
and a producer of multiple products including, a successful live
stream on Twitch and the most highly produced news show related to
Star Citizen known as, The Hull Truth. I've been streaming and
producing video content for well over 2.5 years now and have the
experience and quality set up to give you the best product possible.

If you're anything like me, you're
absolutely sick of the "systems" we're stuck dealing with
in regard to YouTube and Twitch content and really, any gaming
related content. It seems like everyone is doing it solely for the
$$$$ and they all produce the same, annoying and "trendy"
crud. I don't want to be a part of that system. I don't want to wear
stupid hats to get people to watch me. I don't want to advertise all
over the places people like to hang out in with my annoying "Click
Bait" messages. I HATE that stuff.

What I do want to do is make legitimate
content that's made FOR you and not for me to get famous or rich off
of. Sadly, to get popular enough on Twitch and/or YouTube these days,
you typically need to "join the club" to some extent. I
refuse to do so because I hate the model and think it's very
exploitative of people and their time.

So here's ME putting my faith in
YOU, the Honest Joe.
Don't let the internet society engineer who you are like a Replicant.
I want to make legit content that doesn't have to be goofy or over
the top just to get popular.

This is what I'm going to do:

No Ads on YouTube! None.
Ever. (Old content will still have it because it's a pain to remove
it from 270+ videos)

All my Twitch content will be
free of Twitch generated ads.
When I take a bathroom break, you will only see CUSTOM COMMERCIALS
that I created FOR YOU. They will advertise things relevant to this
community like other streamers from our community, a new episode of
Hull Truth or daily news shorts I create. You might see ads for
upcoming community events within Star Citizen, Space Engineers or
one of the many servers we have run for the community. I promise you
they will be relevant and legitimately be more like news that just
updates you about what's going on within the community, Star
Citizen, etc... I will have one advertisement that will also explain
my new goals and some of the things listed here so new folks are
aware of how it all works.

Donations will go to charity! I
hope this won't deter you from donating since I will not be taking
them for myself any longer. Last year I was donated over $6400 in
tips for the Live Stream. I appreciate it greatly but I want to give
that back to worthy charities. Every month you will see the total
donations and the name of the charity it is going to below the live
stream. We want to help others and prove that this community has
more awareness than the average YouTube goer. (If you don't like the
charity, you don't have to donate but they will all be VERY legit
charities. You can also leave a note on the donation if you still
want to make sure that money goes elsewhere for some specific other
purpose and I will honor it)

I will NOT KEEP any Twitch
Subscriptions money! Twitch
has a subscriber feature for partnered channels like mine so that
they can monetize. The problem with that is that Twitch gets HALF,
that's right, 50% of that money. Out of $5 for a sub, I only get
$2.50 minus taxes. What's good about Twitch subs is that it creates
a community atmosphere with a subscriber badge by your name and
custom emotes from my personal channel that you can use in any
stream on Twitch. It also provides a VISUAL cue to people watching
when you sub that creates some enthusiasm around the community and
gets more people involved. Coming into chat for the first time and
seeing tons of subscriber badges means people really like this
streamer and will help a new guy feel like sticking around. Don't
get me wrong, I still want you to subscribe on Twitch. It gets us
higher up the list on Twitch's priorities and also provides a great
community atmosphere. BUT, from now on, I will take ALL subscription
money that comes to me and use it to give stuff back to you. You
will TRUELY be directly supporting the community by subscribing.
Every month you will see a subscription total in the info below the
stream and the prize we are giving away using that money. This will
be done in a big event once a month to reward the community and give
something fun to anticipate. Could be graphics cards, gaming
peripherals, whatever. It will be relevant to how many subscribers
we have.

What this all means
is that the only way I make money is if you back me on Patreon. This
removes the possibility of me taking in money from click bait or
giveaways enticing people to come in and shows that you are putting
your faith and support directly in me. I will in turn deliver rock
solid content that you can count on without the nonsense of the
YouTube or Twitch "scene". Honest gaming. Honest talk.
Honest opinions and Honest content from a real life person that will
always share his experiences with the community.

With $1000 a month on Patreon, I can
make this happen and make the content you want with a no nonsense
attitude, no spammy click bait, NO GOOFY HATS OR PLUSHIES and an
attitude of serving the community instead of taking advantage of it.
With more we can get a lot more done.

Here is HOW I will serve the
community:

On Youtube You Get:

The most
highly produced and to the point news show about Star Citizen FOUR
TIMES a month. Very little re-hashing and focusing on the
important bits. This show takes me about 20 to 25 hours a week to
produce. This is my main content for YouTube and always takes
priority over everything else. I have spent money in my off-time
with the baby, to get some custom stuff created for the show so that
it will remain, the best news show related to Star Citzien, on
YouTube. You can check out previous episodes here -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRJiX7uTHqJ9vwv_CcWTQ5U7aGSisSqhr

Weekly Star Citizen Lore
Readings! This will be
official and sometimes, not official selections. These will be made
available in audio only versions as well to certain levels of
Patreon backers. I have high quality equipment and I can promise you
enjoyable sound quality for your listening pleasure. Getting caught
up on all the rich lore within the Star Citizen universe is a recipe
for enjoying the game in a much deeper fashion when it finally
arrives.

Weekly episodes of Hit or Miss.
Hit or Miss is a series where
I play a game, usually a lesser known game, and just enjoy it. I
will give you my opinions about the game where fitting but the goal
is just to help you discover a few gems you may not have seen before
by playing video games the way they were meant to be played. Put on
your Rose Tinted Glasses and let's just enjoy ourselves without all
the negativity. You can see the four episodes I've already produced
here -
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRJiX7uTHqJ_illXMj1m1OV01iTkXpzHL

A new update show about Star
Citizen. The goal will be a
DAILY episode that's
1 to 3 minutes long to update you on extremely current events you
may need to know such as sales or whatever. I guarantee at least 3
episodes a week. Daily is sometimes hard to promise on YouTube
simply because of the finicky uploader and all the time it takes.

There
will be MORE on YouTube! I have several other things
planned/prepared but I need to keep a few secret for now.

On Twitch You Get:

Currently, 4 days a week of me
live streaming video games. I
hope to do more than that as the baby becomes more independent. I am
a full-time stay at home dad right now and it consume 10 to 12 hours
of daylight every day. If I can generate enough via Patreon, my wife
will be able to quit her crummy job and start her own business out
of the house where she can take care of the baby and I can focus on
this job. She will be doing Child Development and Lactation
Consulting as well as Nutritionist roles for families. She is
already registered and does this job currently for the county.

A community focused
environment. My goal on Twitch
has always been to build a community of gamers that can play with
each other in an environment created for adults that have jobs,
families, responsibilities. We don't have time for trolls and
elitists. We don't typically have the time or ability to FIND other
like-minded gamers to play our games with and let's face it, you
rarely find those people at your average 9-5. Come home from a soul
crushing day at the slog depot and join your people in this
community. Our community is a very warm and welcoming place and has
been for over two years now.

Sci-Fi related content. I
love Sci-Fi. I love movies. I still get giddy when I find out about
something like an Alien movie directed by Neil Blomkamp. District 9
is one of my favorite films of all time. I love cinemetography.
Children of Men blew me away. I'm getting goose bumps just typing
this stuff. I grew up reading and reading and reading. I practically
lived in the library across from my school. Now we're in a
generation of all this sci-fi stuff and I love it all. Come and see
the Alien egg room or the Pilot with me on Twitch. The majority of
my gaming content is Sci-Fi related. When Star Citizen gives us
something more than an arena shoot-em-up, that will be our main
game. I am a Star Citizen nut from day one and previous to my
absence due to the newborn, was the #1 Star Citizen stream on Twitch
capping out at around 1700 concurrent viewers. Help me make that
possible again and I will serve the community to my fullest by
employing my old-school love of this kind of thing and wearing my
Rose Tinted glasses on a daily basis.

Twitch town hall meetings. Yes.
This will finally be a thing. The goal will be to have a live chat
at least once a month involving community members. It will most
likely be Star Citizen related with a touch of other Sci-Fi related
or gaming related conversation as well as updates, news and people
features about the community.

In closing,
I will continue to serve this community of amazing people that got me
through the worst 3 years of my life regardless of whether this is
successful or not. I need to make money to pay the bills but it will
never stop me from being a part of and running this community.
Hopefully it is successful because my goal is to do this full time
and be able to even get a few other people on board to help me make
it amazing for everyone else. I really miss the old days of great
communities in games like EQ1, Gemstone, Dragonrealms, SWG (I cry
every time I think about it), and DAOC. The current generation of
anonymous jerks on the web really suck the fun out of anything
online. Let's seclude ourselvs within our own community where we're
not afraid to kick those people to the curb because we're funded from
the inside. The community that has been here for over 2 years now is
amazing and I deeply love you guys for helping me cope and get
through by sharing your similar stories, support and time with me.

Your
Servant in the community,
Wes

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Thank you for supporting! You get access to a backers only forum on our website.

Pledge $10 or more per month

Pledge $25 or more per month

only 25 left

ONE Custom designed Romanticorp Old Guard decal and ONE patch. This is our original badge design for our gaming community in Star Citizen and elsewhere. The decal is extremely high quality and hand made and the patches will be ordered from a reputable company. (+ all lower tiers)